Elements Of Geology

PREFACE This is an elementary textbook not a manual or reference book. Theauthors have sought to give the student 1 an understanding of the generalprinciples an... » 

PREFACE This is an elementary textbook not a manual or reference book. Theauthors have sought to give the student 1 an understanding of the generalprinciples and processes of the science 2 a few of its fundamental facts3 an interest in the subject and especially 4 training in clear thinking.Many of the mere facts of the science will be forgotten presently by moststudents. The power and habit of reasoning logically and of thinking clearlywill be of service to the student in meeting every problem of later life. Theconstant aim has accordingly been to make the text explanatory rather thanmerely descriptive and to appeal to the judgment rather than to the memory....This early works is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject ofGeology with much of the information still useful and practical today it willappeal greatly to any student of the subject. Many of the earliest booksparticularly those dating back to the 1900s and before are now extremelyscarc «